The Walker residence in Verona was adorned with these signs after Hurricane Sandy, in response to most of the town having been without electricity for days.

Via the Times' Twitter page, Cedar Grove resident Melissa Skabich announced that she was collecting canned food, baby diapers baby formula and clothing at her Overlook Road home, benefitting the Covenant House in Newark. The House - with seven locations statewide, takes in and provides for homeless youth and babies, according to its website.

Bambina's Cucina restaurant in Cedar Grove begins to fill up with bags and boxes of goods donated by Cedar Grove residents for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Skabich's goddaughter lost her home in southern New Jersey, with it having literally been knocked off of its foundation, she later explained to the Times. "Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she wanted to help. She started a clothing drive in her dorm room at Rutgers. And hearing that inspired us to do something," Skabich said.

And so, Skabich posted the Twitter message on Saturday morning, and by 9:34 a.m., her driveway was filled with donations. Come noon, the flatbed of her husband's truck was overflowing. And by nightfall, the entire truck was stuffed to the brim - flatbed, backseat, and front seat, according to Skabich.

Her family delivered the donations to Covenant House on Sunday afternoon - in "dire need" of supplies because so many children were displaced by Sandy, Skabich said.

"People wanted to help ... and they actually bought things; they didn't just bring discards from home - cases of diapers and bags and bags of groceries they had just bought at King's," she said of her neighbors. "It was amazing. It was really overwhelming. They just responded with such incredible generosity."

Bambina's Cucina restaurant, on Stevens Avenue in Cedar Grove, also started a collection - of food, clothing, pet food, batteries, toiletries and household items to be donated to victims of Hurricane Sandy via Jersey Strong. Staffers spread the message via social media on Friday, and within hours, the location was housing piles of bags and boxes stocked with goods.

And, in an effort to lend more of a helping hand, on Friday, Bambina's opened its doors for people who wanted to charge their appliances. On Saturday, all were invited to stop by for hot soup, coffee and baked goods - given away at no charge.

Those invitations, too, were sent out to residents via Facebook.

In response, Facebook user Serena Arrabito wrote to Bambina's with the following: "Neighbor helping neighbor is what it is all about. It gives me great pride to see communities come together like this. And I applaud folks like you who step up to lead our efforts."

Another Cedar Grove business which helped those in need was the Foodtown supermarket. Having never lost electricity, the store tried to do its part by sending food to the Cedar Grove Senior Citizens Center as well as local firefighters, according to Robert Lenthe, corporate director of Nicholas Markets.

Meanwhile, Verona resident Corisa Walker, who was also lucky enough to keep her electricity throughout the storm, posted signs outside of her home which read, "We have power. Charging station on front porch. Hot coffee inside."

Walker's basement was flooded by three feet of sewerage last year thanks to Tropical Storm Irene, and when her family had to relocate, "people were so welcoming," she said. "So, this year, we wanted to do something."

She kept a power strip outside on her porch for any people that needed it, anytime they needed it. Although nobody took her up on the offer for coffee, Walker did have one local mom come inside in order to bathe her children, she said.

Likewise, Facebook user Maria ReCasino-Aiello posted this message to the Times' Facebook page: "To my Cedar Grove neighbors still without power - the temperature is supposed to drop into the low 30s tonight. Please, if you need a warm place to sleep, a hot shower, food or to charge electronics, please message me."

While ReCasino-Aiello housed some family members over the week, no one from the community took her up on her offer, she later told the Times. Still wanting to help others somehow, her family purchased non-perishable food and water and brought it to Little Ferry, which was devastated by flood waters from a broken levy. "We hope to do more in the coming weeks," she added.

And Facebook user Anthony Pullara, of Cedar Grove, posted this on Facebook: "If anyone needs to charge a cell phone, iPad, or Android tablet, please let me know. I will hook a power strip off my generator for you."

Pullara used his generator to power his and six other houses on Harper Terrace for almost six days straight, "and waiting on gas lines wasn't easy to keep the generator running," he told the Times.

"I connected to the two houses on the right of me, and the two houses on the left. And then the people across the street have five young kids, so me and their father, we climbed the telephone pole and ran a wire across the street and down a tree for them, too," Pullara said. That neighbor across the street, in turn, ran a power cord to one more house.

Although he could have used his generator to heat his home, Pullara chose not to, in favor of being able to use that generator power to offer some electricity to neighbors instead, he said.

.Also on the forefront of generosity, Cedar Grove Mayor Peter Tanella "always goes above and beyond," Cedar Grove resident and businessman Emilio D'Amato wrote in an email to the Times. "He called me, sent me text messages and even passed by my home during and after getting power," he continued, noting that the mayor himself didn't even have power at the time. "That is a class act. When PSE&G didn't answer, our mayor did. Thank you, Mr. Mayor."